consolidation of .map file contents

[Stephen Woodbridge]

All of your ideas are valid and can work depending on what you are try
to accomplish. I know Ed at Topozone.com is using template mapfile
fragments and using the cpp and Makefiles to generate a large number of
mapfiles based on change the DEFINES. That way if you need to make a
change to a section that is in all your mapfiles you just change one
file and type make.

But before you solve the technology, you might want to describe why you
need  200 mapfiles and what type of things are changing from one to the
other. There might be much better solutions.

-Steve W.

Dylan Beaudette wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> We have been using Mapserver for about a year now with a great deal of
> success on small projects (i.e. single map file, single html template,
> single query template).
>
> Now that we are considering a more complicated project with nearly 200
> .map files and their associated html templates and query templates -
> quite a bit to manage should any cosmetic changes need to be made in
> the map files.
>
> Is there any way to "include" bits of a central map file to consolidate
> the configuration of such a large project, or would it be better to use
> a single .map file, customizing it through the URL passed to it...
>
> ...or is phpmapscript a viable option?
>
> thanks in advancce for any ideas!
>
>
>
> --
> Dylan Beaudette
> Soils and Biogeochemistry Graduate Group
> University of California at Davis
> 530.754.7341
>